On the day of the Trench, we were digging when a very hard rock obstructed us. The men came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "This rock has appeared in the trench and we cannot break it."He said, "I will come down."He stood up with a stone tied against his stomach, for we had spent three days without tasting any food. The Prophet ﷺ took the pickaxe and struck the rock, and it crumbled into a heap of soft sand.I said, "Messenger of Allah, give me permission to go home."I said to my wife, "I have seen the Prophet ﷺ in a state that I cannot bear. Do you have anything?"She replied, "I have some barley and a young female goat."So I slaughtered the goat and she ground the barley, then we put the meat in the pot. I came back to the Prophet ﷺ while the dough had been kneaded and the pot was set between the stones almost ready to cook.I said, "I have a small meal, so come, Messenger of Allah, you and one or two men."He asked, "How much is it?"I told him.He said, "It is plenty and good."Then he said, "Tell her not to take the pot off, nor the bread out of the oven, until I come."Then he said, "Get up." So the Emigrants and the Helpers all stood up.When I went in to my wife, I said, "Goodness, the Prophet ﷺ has come with the Emigrants and the Helpers and those with them."She asked, "Did he ask you how much we had?"I said, "Yes."He said, "Enter and do not crowd one another." Then he began breaking the bread, placing meat on it, and covering the pot and the oven each time he took from them. He would bring it close to his companions, then take more out. He kept breaking bread and ladling out food until they were all full, and there was still some left over.He said to her, "Eat this and give some as a gift, for the people have been struck by famine."
إنا يوم الخندق نحفر، فعرضت كدية شديدة، فجاؤوا النبي ﷺ فقالوا: هذه كدية عرضت في الخندق، فقال: أنا نازل. ثم قام وبطنه معصوب بحجر، ولبثنا ثلاثة أيام لا نذوق ذواقا، فأخذ النبي ﷺ المعول فضرب في الكدية، فعاد كثيبا أهيل، أو أهيم، فقلت: يا رسول الله، ائذن لي إلى البيت، فقلت لامرأتي: رأيت بالنبي ﷺ شيئا ما كان في ذلك صبر، فعندك شيء؟ قالت: عندي شعير وعناق، فذبحت العناق، وطحنت الشعير حتى جعلنا اللحم في البرمة ثم جئت النبي ﷺ والعجين قد انكسر، والبرمة بين الأثافي قد كادت تنضج، فقلت: طعيم لي، فقم أنت يا رسول ورجل أو رجلان، قال: كم هو؟ فذكرت له، قال: كثير طيب، قال: قل لها: لا تنزع البرمة، ولا الخبز من التنور حتى آتي، فقال: قوموا. فقام المهاجرون والأنصار، فلما دخل على امرأته قال: ويحك جاء النبي ﷺ بالمهاجرين والأنصار ومن معهم، قالت: هل سألك؟ قلت: نعم، فقال: ادخلوا ولا تضاغطوا فجعل يكسر الخبز، ويجعل عليه اللحم، ويخمرالبرمة والتنور إذا أخذ منه، ويقرب إلى أصحابه ثم ينزع، فلم يزل يكسرالخبز، ويغرف حتى شبعوا وبقي بقية قال: كلي هذا وأهدي، فإن الناس أصابتهم مجاعة.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Military Expeditions (4101) from Khallad bin Yahya, who said, Abdul-Wahid bin Ayman narrated to us from his father, who said, I came to Jabir and he said, then he mentioned it. Ahmad also narrated it (14220) from Waki, who said, Abdul-Wahid bin Ayman narrated to us, and in it appears, when the Prophet ﷺ and his companions dug the trench, they were struck by severe hardship, so much so that the Prophet ﷺ tied a stone to his stomach out of hunger.His saying, "a heap that crumbles," means it became sand that flows and will not hold together, and ahyam has the same meaning as ahyal.His saying, "so I said to my wife," her name was Sahlah bint Masud bin Aws al-Ansariyyah .His saying, "al-burmah" means the pot.His saying, "between the athafi" is the plural of uthfiyyah, which are the stones that are set up and the pot placed upon them, and there are three of them.His saying, "tadaghatu" means they crowded together.